Continued Design Ideas

[clofgreen]

They say that when you turn 50 the second thing to go is your memory. I can't remember what the first thing is.

[Lill Dave]

Dear clofgreen, sorry about the two months late I guss I didn't do my home work.My comment about the pompii is my first oven was the style yours is , it works fine but I like my pompii a little better. Good luck on the next oven whatever style.

[clofgreen]

No prob Lill Dave. My posts tend to be rather long winded.

To celebrate the first snow we've had in over a month I fired up the oven, invited family and cooked pizza, bread and brownies. Mm mm good! Here's a sampling.







But as good as the food was, the best part of the day was seeing my grandson again. Not to brag but he's a real cutie.

[Tscarborough]

Salute! You got it going on!

[Derkp]

Looking good Craig,

There is a newbie in America fork that needs supply info. If I hear back from him I will send him your way for info.

Derk

[poweredbypizzas]

Picked one up at Harbor Freight for $24. It is amazing.

My favorite joke: I point it at my sweetheart, hit the trigger. "Yep, she's still hot!"

[clofgreen]

Finally got back to building the WFO. Here's a progress image.



Being my first attempt at laying brick I've made a bunch of mistakes not the least of which is letting the smeared mortar cure onto the brick. I've read a number of posts stating the pros and cons of using muriatic acid. Anyone want to weigh in on the subject? I'd like to hear your experience/opinion.

Craig

[ggoose]

Nice job with the bricks...your lack of experience doesn't show. I used a form of muriatic acid, though supposedly gentler. I got it at Ace. It had to be cut with water, and foamed a bit when applied. I still needed to wire brush the more difficult areas, but the stuff worked and cleaned my bricks (I did wear gloves and eye protection just in case). Rinse them off after cleaning to dilute any remaining acid, though most of it should react with the mortar and neutralize. The moral of the (my) story was clean the bricks after they have set, but before the mortar is completely cured.
Keep up the good work

gene

[OzOvenBuilder]

Take a look here mate:

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f8/c...cks-16900.html (cleaning bricks)

[brickie in oz]

Originally Posted by clofgreen

Being my first attempt at laying brick

Nice work, the arch looks great and you worked the bond out too....